Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on changing negative thinking patterns and behaviours in order to help people cope with various mental disorders. In Ireland, CBT is becoming increasingly popular, as it helps individuals to manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviours in a more effective way. CBT...

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Languishing

As we move onwards towards the end of 2022, we are beginning to gauge the full impact of the pandemic on mental health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can...

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Ethereum’s transition to Proof-of-Stake and what it means for the blockchain industry

Ethereum, the most mature and popular blockchain technology with smart contracting capabilities, transitioned from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) on 15 September 2022. Before delving into the significance of this switch, some key terms are explained. Blockchains First, what are blockchains? As the name implies, they are a chain of blocks,...

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3 Reasons Why Excel is so Important in our Lives!

Have you ever Wondered Why Excel is so Popular? It is commonly used by companies for data management (data entry, transformation, and storage), assisting decision making (visual tables and graphs) and process automation (creation of forms or usage of VBA). Purely from a technical perspective if there are plenty of options available to us besides...

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New Airport Infrastructure brings more Business Opportunities to Dublin 

For a number of years now, Ireland has been the leading centre for aircraft leasing globally, representing around US$100 billion in assets, but Dublin Airport lacked the necessary runway size to handle some large, long-haul aircraft types. This was obviously something that needed to be amended to ensure continued global competitiveness in the aviation area....

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Anger. Control it before it controls you.

As we emerged from the covid-19 pandemic in Spring 2022, we were met with a war between Russia and Ukraine followed by a surge in inflation. Alas more uncertainty. And if the pandemic taught us anything it is that with uncertainty come difficult emotions, including anger. Anger comes about when we feel someone or something...

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Paul Noone – Lecturer, Graphic Design

Paul has been successfully teaching Graphic Design to students in various colleges for many years. Prior to and during this time, he established his own Web and Graphic Design business, creating a large portfolio of clients which he now manages (when he is not teaching!). Paul has a vast knowledge of business, being involved in...

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Cybersecurity – 6 Ways to Avoid Supply Chain Attacks

Over the past few years there is one type of cyber-attack that has caused a lot of headaches for cybersecurity professionals and that is the Supply Chain Attack. A supply chain attack occurs when a particular element of a company’s infrastructure supply chain, such as a third-party vendor, is targeted instead of the company’s network...

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